Star Diary
by BBC Sky at Night Magazine
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Estimated from 24 chart positions in 24 markets.
By chart position
- 🇨🇦CA · Astronomy#17300K to 1M
- 🇺🇸US · Astronomy#41100K to 300K
- 🇬🇧GB · Astronomy#50100K to 300K
- 🇦🇺AU · Astronomy#6630K to 100K
- 🇩🇪DE · Astronomy#7430K to 100K
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
493K to 1.6M🎙 ~2x weekly·365 episodes·Last published 3d ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
986K to 3.2M🇨🇦32%🇺🇸9%🇬🇧9%+21 more - Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
296K to 948K
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The Harvest Moon and the autumn equinox
Aug 30, 2026
32m 27s
Discovery beneath the surface of Mars
Aug 9, 2026
24m 19s
August 2026 solar eclipse and Perseid meteor shower
Jul 30, 2026
33m 02s
How do you weigh a planet that hasn’t formed yet?
Jul 13, 2026
18m 43s
Mercury and Saturn return!
Jun 25, 2026
30m 34s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/30/26 | The Harvest Moon and the autumn equinox | Dark skies are back as we head into September 2026. Astronomers Pete Lawrence and Paul Abel reveal the best things to see this month, including a lunar occultation of the Beehive Cluster, how to see the planets and tips for observing deep-sky objects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 32m 27s | ||||||
| 8/9/26 |  Discovery beneath the surface of Mars | Tobermory Mackay-Champion reveals a game-changing find in the search for signs of life on Mars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 24m 19s | ||||||
| 7/30/26 | August 2026 solar eclipse and Perseid meteor shower | Astronomers Pete Lawrence and Paul Abel reveal the best things to see in the night sky this month, including the August 2026 solar eclipse and the peak of one of the year's best meteor showers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 33m 02s | ||||||
| 7/13/26 | planet formationcosmic dust+3 | Amena Faruqi | BBC Sky at Night Magazine | — | weighing planetscosmic dust rings+3 | — | 18m 43s | ||
| 6/25/26 | night skyastronomy+4 | — | Moonplanets+2 | — | MercurySaturn+7 | — | 30m 34s | ||
| 6/11/26 | space missionplanet hunting+3 | Dr Rachel Drummond | ArielBBC Sky at Night Magazine | — | planet-huntingspacecraft+4 | — | 20m 15s | ||
| 5/30/26 | stargazingastronomy+3 | — | — | — | stargazingVenus+4 | — | 32m 39s | ||
| 5/7/26 | spaceflighthuman body+3 | Tim Etheridge | BBC Sky at Night Magazine | — | spaceflighthuman body+3 | — | 19m 35s | ||
| 4/29/26 | astronomyblue Moon+4 | Paul Abel | — | — | blue MoonVenus+5 | — | 28m 17s | ||
| 4/16/26 | cosmic signalsdark matter+3 | Shyam Balaji | BBC Sky at Night Magazine | — | cosmic signalsdark force+3 | — | 17m 32s | ||
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| 3/29/26 | Venusevening sky+4 | — | — | Venus | Venusevening star+5 | — | 29m 25s | ||
| 3/16/26 | radio astronomycosmos exploration+3 | Dr Emma Chapman | BBC Sky at Night Magazine | — | radio wavescosmos+3 | — | 32m 00s | ||
| 3/2/26 | stargazingplanets+3 | — | — | — | stargazingplanets+3 | — | 31m 03s | ||
| 2/9/26 | BepiColombo missionMercury+3 | Emma Bunce | European Space Agency | Mercury | BepiColomboMercury+3 | — | 30m 39s | ||
| 1/30/26 | Jupiternight sky+5 | — | BBC Sky at Night Magazine | February 2026 | Jupiternight sky+5 | — | 28m 37s | ||
| 1/12/26 | black holescosmic collisions+3 | Tessa Baker | BBC Sky at Night Magazine | — | black holescosmic collisions+3 | — | 23m 20s | ||
| 1/6/26 | stargazingnight sky+3 | — | — | — | stargazingnight sky+4 | — | 29m 23s | ||
| 12/15/25 |  3D-mapping an alien world | Astronomer Anjali Piette reveals how she and colleagues created a 3D view of a scorching gas giant around a distant star. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 22m 17s | ||||||
| 11/28/25 | Christmas stargazing 2025 | Pete Lawrence and Paul Abel reveal what you should be looking at in the December 2025 night sky, including the best planets, the Geminid meteor shower, Orion and top times to see the Moon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 26m 34s | ||||||
| 11/14/25 |  Have scientists solved Webb’s ‘impossible’ black holes? | Astronomers say the James Webb Space Telescope has seen black holes at the dawn of time that shouldn't exist. But a new study may be able to explain what's going on. Astronomer Seb Hoenig reveals how a new look at the early Universe could show that JWST has got black holes all wrong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 20m 59s | ||||||
| 10/31/25 | See the Moon and planets under truly dark skies | As winter gets underway, we’re approaching the darkest time of year. Find out the best times to see the Moon and planets this month, including November’s supermoon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 31m 21s | ||||||
| 10/14/25 |  Can a planet have a planet? | Astronomer Belinda Damian discusses her research into the giant, free-floating worlds that may one day be able to form their own planetary systems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 18m 05s | ||||||
| 9/29/25 | See gas giants Jupiter and Saturn at their best | Find out how to see the biggest planets in the Solar System while they’re big and bright, and find out what makes the Harvest Moon so special. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 31m 36s | ||||||
| 9/14/25 |  Can YOU help astronomers find exploding stars? | Astronomer Tom Killestein reveals how the public can help him on his mission to find stellar explosions via the Kilonova Seekers project, and reveals its first major discovery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 20m 44s | ||||||
| 8/28/25 | See the blood Moon rise | We reveal how to see the ‘blood Moon’ total lunar eclipse in September 2025, and explain the best dates and times to see the planets of the Solar System in the sky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 35m 24s | ||||||
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Chart history for Star Diary
Peaked at #10 in South Korea, top 10 in 1 of 24 tracked markets, currently #10 in South Korea.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | — | #10 | #10 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #16 | #16 | — |
| Canada | — | #17 | #17 | — |
| PT | — | #20 | #20 | — |
| Netherlands | — | #23 | #23 | — |
| South Africa | — | #23 | #23 | — |
| Finland | — | #24 | #24 | — |
| Ireland | — | #26 | #26 | — |
| AE | — | #27 | #27 | — |
| Denmark | — | #30 | #30 | — |
| Norway | — | #33 | #33 | — |
| Spain | — | #35 | #35 | — |
| AT | — | #35 | #35 | — |
| Sweden | — | #36 | #36 | — |
| Japan | — | #40 | #40 | — |
| India | — | #40 | #40 | — |
| United States | — | #41 | #41 | — |
| Mexico | — | #47 | #47 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #50 | #50 | — |
| PL | — | #54 | #54 | — |
Chart Positions
24 placements across 24 markets.
Chart Positions
24 placements across 24 markets.